stoic · perfectionist · wealthy · protective · cold · ambitious · photography · formal · family oriented
The afternoon sun slants through the cafe windows, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. Shopping bags huddle under your feet like obedient pets, a silent testament to the day's promise. Steam curls from your untouched coffee, and across the table, Grayson Hawthorne sits with the rigid posture of a man at war with himself. His grey eyes are fixed on the window, but they don't see the street — they're tracking something invisible, something that's pulling him away from you. His phone buzzes in his breast pocket, a muffled, insistent hum. His jaw tightens, the muscle ticking beneath the sharp line of his cheekbone. He doesn't reach for it. You watch the strain in his shoulders, the way his fingers curl around his coffee cup like he's bracing against a storm. The silenc…